Charles Foster and the other two are dead, and Henry Clark is no longer who he used to be, so there’s no need to hide things like before.

At the same time, he revealed the lone wolf as a form of intimidation.

Sure enough, when the villagers saw Henry Clark’s prey, they were envious but also carried a trace of fear.

Being able to hunt a lone wolf was a testament to Henry Clark’s strength.

“Henry Clark has really made something of himself.”

“Look at that head, that build—he’s as strong as an ox.”

“I heard his archery is also outstanding, able to hit a willow leaf at a hundred paces, and he’s inherited the true skills of William Clark.”

The villagers discussed animatedly.

Henry Clark handed the prey over to William Clark and Olivia Smith to handle, while he continued to practice boxing in the bamboo forest.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

Henry Clark’s life was very regular: every morning he went into the mountains to hunt, in the afternoon he practiced boxing, and sometimes even at night he would practice in his own courtyard.

As he caught more and more prey, Henry Clark would sometimes take some small game to the market in Changfeng City to sell.

Such as wild rabbits and pheasants.

This kind of wild game could sell for about twenty copper coins per jin, and at least fifty or sixty coins per animal.

In this world, one tael of silver equals one thousand copper coins, that is, one thousand wen.

And the purchasing power of one wen is roughly equivalent to one yuan on Earth in his previous life.

As for wolf pelts and cowhides, which are more valuable, Henry Clark didn’t take them to sell.

Mainly because he was afraid of attracting attention.

Changfeng City is not like Kaoshan Village; there are many capable people, and quite a few limit-breaking martial artists.

With his current strength, it was no problem to protect some small game, because those limit-breakers wouldn’t bother with such small prey or a few hundred coins.

Those who would target these things were just petty thieves, and Henry Clark could easily deal with them.

But if he tried to sell anything too valuable and attracted the attention of limit-breakers, it would be much more troublesome.

Henry Clark used the money from selling prey to buy things like salt, white rice, beans, and eggs to improve his family’s living conditions.

“Unfortunately, my progress with Iron Thread Fist is getting slower and slower.”

Henry Clark sighed.

When he was at the “mastery” stage, eating one jin of meat could increase his Iron Thread Fist progress by 1.25%. Theoretically, at the “perfection” stage, the progress would be halved, but one jin of meat could still increase it by 0.625%.

But in reality, after reaching “perfection,” Henry Clark found that one jin of meat only increased progress by 0.3125%.

That’s only a quarter of the progress at the “mastery” stage.

These changes were clearly displayed above the head of his avatar.

Plus, practicing boxing to accumulate qi and blood would take away half the energy. Now, even though Henry Clark ate twelve jin of meat a day, along with some rice and vegetables, he could only increase his progress by less than 2% per day.

It wasn’t a lack of meat, but rather that Henry Clark’s digestive system had reached its limit.

The food he ate needed to be digested by his stomach and intestines before it could be absorbed by his body and the Dao Book.

Although the Dao Book had some digestive aid functions, and practicing boxing could also promote intestinal movement, eating twelve jin of meat a day was truly the limit.

Eating more than twelve jin wasn’t impossible to digest, but it would put a huge burden on his digestive system, and might even cause harm and leave hidden dangers.

During the seven days right after breaking his limit, Henry Clark ate a lot of meat every day—more than twelve jin—which made his stomach ache faintly.

As his martial arts level increased, the effect of ordinary meat became smaller and smaller.

He wondered what changes would occur after reaching the “transcendent” stage.

“Martial food.”

Henry Clark thought of a term.

Chapter 9 Martial Food

Martial food.

This term had been mentioned more than once by William Clark after Henry Clark broke his limit.

William Clark had often lamented that with Henry Clark’s martial arts talent, if he had martial food as a supplement, his cultivation speed would be even more astonishing.

Martial food is made mainly from exotic beast meat, combined with various spiritual herbs and precious seasonings, and cooked by a “martial chef.”

Not only is it delicious and easy to digest, but it also contains rich and pure energy, making it an indispensable aid for martial artists in their cultivation.

Its effects are worlds apart from ordinary beast meat.

But exotic beast meat is extremely rare, and ordinary people have little access to it.

Even William Clark had only eaten it a handful of times in the past.

It’s said that the direct descendants or highly talented members of the great clans eat martial food for all three meals every day.

If he had martial food, his Iron Thread Fist progress would surely increase greatly.

But martial food is mostly controlled by the great clans, and with his current strength and wealth, it’s very hard to obtain.

For now, he could only honestly rely on ordinary beast meat for cultivation.

In this way, another month passed, and his Iron Thread Fist progress finally crawled up to the “transcendent” stage at a rate of less than 2% per day.

The greatest advantage of the Dao Book is that there are no bottlenecks; as long as progress reaches 100% at each stage, he can break through naturally.

For others, no matter how talented, there’s always a period of stagnation between stages.

At this point, Henry Clark was already fifteen years old, and it had been over seven months since he came to this world.

What he had worried about did happen: after Iron Thread Fist reached the “transcendent” stage, progress stopped completely, not moving at all. No matter how much energy he absorbed, or how much his avatar practiced, progress remained stuck at “transcendent (1%)”.

As expected, ordinary beast meat was now useless. To continue improving, he would most likely need martial food.

Henry Clark could only switch to letting his archery avatar absorb energy and cultivate.